The Massachusetts Bar Association's 2023 High School Mock Trial Program is looking for attorneys to serve as judges at trials scheduled for January and February.
Currently, there are trials in need of a judge during the competition's preliminary rounds. If you are interested in volunteering to act as a judge in a trial, please contact us. All judges will be provided case materials, a link to the Jan. 5 Judges' Orientation recording and all pertinent information in advance of the scheduled trials.
Please note: The 2023 competition will be held in person at participating high schools (Defense team will host), all trials will begin at 3:30 p.m., and the hope is to schedule subsequent playoff rounds in courthouses.BOSTON AREA:
1/25/23: Maimonides School v. Boston Latin Academy (HOST)
1/25/23: Gann Academy — The New Jewish High School v. Malden High School
SOUTHEAST AREA :
1/23/23: Sturgis West Charter Public School v. Nauset Regional High School (HOST)
1/23/23: Old Rochester Regional High School v. Argosy Collegiate Charter School (HOST)
1/24/23: Sturgis East Charter School v. Atlantis Charter School (HOST)
1/24/23: Pembroke High School v. South Shore Charter Public School (HOST)
1/25/23: Monomoy Regional High School v. Cape Cod Academy (HOST)
1/25/23: Thayer Academy v. Hull High School (HOST)
NORTHEAST AREA:
1/23/23: Lawrence High School v. Haverhill High School (HOST)
1/24/23: Lowell High School v. Central Catholic High School (HOST)
1/25/23: Hamilton Wenham Regional High School v. St. John’s Preparatory School (HOST)
1/25/23: North Andover High School v. Bishop Fenwick High School (HOST)
1/25/23: Lowell Catholic High School v. Methuen High School (HOST)
METROWEST AREA:
1/23/23: Medfield High School v. Franklin High School (HOST)
1/25/23: Holbrook High School v. Foxborough Regional Charter School (HOST)
1/25/23: Attleboro High School v. Hopkinton High School (HOST)
CENTRAL AREA:
1/25/23: Tahanto Regional High School v. Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School (HOST)
WESTERN AREA:
1/23/23: Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School v. Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School (HOST)
1/24/23: Wachusett Regional High School v. Tantasqua Regional Senior High School (HOST)
1/25/23: RC Mahar Regional School v. Eagle Hill School (HOST)
1/25/23: Hopkins Academy v. Wahconah Regional High School (HOST)
1/26/23: Southwick Regional School v. Lee Middle and High School (HOST)
This year, the teams are presented with a civil case,
Bari/Barry Jacob v. Caborite Aircraft, Inc. — This case revolves around whether or not the wing of a stunt plane (the Caborite Model 2) sheared off due to a design defect or as a result of pilot error. The plaintiff, Barry/Bari Jacob, was the child of John Dymek Jacob, a stunt pilot who died performing an advanced aerobatic maneuver called the Triple Lindy while practicing for a stunt show at the Devlin County Fair. The plaintiff asserts that the defendant, Caborite Aircraft, Inc., failed to design the plane to withstand the amount of g-force necessary for a stunt plane in order to save money. Caborite’s position is that the plane was designed correctly and that the plane’s maximum permitted g-force was exceeded because of pilot error. The question for trial: Can the plaintiff prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the design was defective, or will the defendant be successful in its defense that this tragedy was the result of pilot error?
Interested in one of these open trials? You can sign up by either contacting Mock Trial Central directly or logging into the Mock Trial website using your member number and password. The link is:
https://www.massbar.org/mock-trial/judge-info/open-trialsQuestions? Please contact Mock Trial Central via
email.